Conclusion of THE FAMILY UNDER STRESS

What of the children?  In the United Stats and other lands, more and more are born out of wedlock, some to young teenagers.  Many teenage girls have a number of children from different fathers.  Reports from around the world tell of millions of homeless children roaming the streets; many are escaping from abusive homes or are cast out by families that can no longer support them.

Yes, the family is in crisis. In addition to what has already been mentioned, teenage rebellion, child abuse, spousal violence, alcoholism, and other devastating problems  robe many families of happiness.  For a great number of children and adults the family is far from being a haven.  

Why the family crisis? Some blame the present-day family crisis on the entry of women in the workplace. Other point to today's moral break-down.  And additional causes are cited. Almost two thousand years ago, a well-known lawyer foretold that many pressures would afflict the family, when he wrote:  "In the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,  thankless, ungrateful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God."  (2 Timothy 3:1-4)  Who would doubt that these words are being fulfilled today?  In a world with conditions  such as these, is it any wonder that many families are in crisis?

Note:  Not to offend anyone, but there is such a thing as birth control. It may not always work-since there is no guarantee that it will work 100%. But, women or men should at least try and have the good sense to know when to  quit acting like passionate rabbits.  The other problem is the start of the women's rights and suffrage.  God made women for a reason, to think like women-not men, to be feminine, not be masculine, like men.  To marry, have babies, run the household, take care of the children; not go out and have a career that takes long hours or be in the military that takes months or years away from your children. You are denying them their mother. Is there any wonder why there is a rebellion among teenagers, or latch key kids, or pregnant teenagers, or teenagers that feel that they should have everything they want?  People,  we were meant to live the way they did back in the 17 and 1800's. It was Satan that started all that mess with women's rights-suffrage. Yes, maybe some women HAD to go to work-that they had no choice; but at least, do not start a full fledged career, especially if you want to have children.  I don't care what they say,  you cannot have it all, because something or someone in your family  is going to suffer. You are only lying to yourselves and being selfish  if you continue to  think that way.  We all need to use our minds the right way.  And we all need God in our lives to  make it better.  Even if you are not married. Women do not belong in the military-that is a man's job, construction is a man's job-not women.  

Next time: The Secret of FAMILY HAPPINESS/Is There a Secret to Family Happiness - THE SECRET OF FAMILY HAPPINESS

From the book The Secret of FAMILY HAPPINESS